In a sentence
Six example sentences with respond, each labelled with its topic.
Some tumours respond to the first drug within weeks, while others need a combination that takes months to arrange.
Medicine
Toddlers respond far more to a calm voice than to a loud one, even when the words are identical.
Psychology
The server stopped responding to health checks at midnight, and the load balancer quietly moved traffic to the backup.
Technology
The home team responded to the twelve-point deficit with a full-court press that produced five straight steals.
Basketball
Markets responded to the rate announcement within seconds, and bank shares climbed four percent before the speech ended.
Finance
Coral responds to warmer water by expelling its algae, which is why the reef turns white in a hot summer.
Environment
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